Four rounds of the RSA Open Leagues [D3 - D14] sees North County II and Balbriggan still unbeaten in D3 with two wins apiece. Merrion V [D7], Clontarf IV [D8], Dundalk and Civil Service II [D9], Leinster VII [D13 and Clonee II [D14] also have two out of two. But the best start to the season is still Railway IV [D11] with three straight victories.
There were a number of close games but none more so than the season's first tied match between Malahide V and Leinster VI where both teams scored 165.
Early season weather is still affecting events and there were a number of very low scores. North Kildare III were all out for 55 against Civil Service III, Railway Union III only made 67 against DU III and Ballyheighan only made 54 against Greystones. But in two extraordinary matches Sandyford III were skittled for 14 against Ring Common and Dundalk II only managed 17 chasing against Wexford IIs
The highest scoring match was the game between Laois and North County II [D3] where the two teams shared nearly 550 with Hills coming out on top having scored 318/7. Merrion IV [251] against Sandyford and The Hills II [232] against North County II also secured wins with strong batting performances.
There was only one century last weekend, S Sheik who scored exactly 100 for Wexford II in the win over Dundalk II. Another strong individual performacne, V Shokeenlin [91] agasint N Kildare III, hwoever, was not enough to secure a victory.
On the bowling front one might have expected C Auret's [6/18] for Laois against Railway II [D4] to be the best individual performance but in memorable four overs R Chalissey took 7/6 for Ring Common against Sandyford III. Other notable performances were W Eddershaw's 5/26 for Greystones agasint Ballyheigan and A Qasin's 5/26 for Balbriggan II against Dundrum II [D8].